While Mijatovic did say that Bale “loves living here [Spain]”, he added that the public perception of the soccer professional has been not great.

“He seems quite a particular person, which might mean he comes across as being a bit strange,” he said.

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“But to have someone like that at the club, who they say isn’t integrated and has other, more important worries than his own team and his club … [the perception has been] the first thing he thinks about has been Wales, then golf and after that, Real Madrid.

“I haven’t spoken to him – but that’s how he comes across.”

Mijatovic scored 44 goals in 117 appearances for Madrid. He netted the only goal of the 1998 UEFA Champions League final, securing victory over Juventus in Amsterdam.

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